The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-03
OUTSIDE OPINIONS.
Impressions Gained of the Failure by Rep
resentatiyes of Foreign Newspapers.

Impressions Gained of the Failure by Rep
resentatives of Foreign Newspapers.
Special to New York Tribune. Sept. So
One cannot but notice an apathy. amounting
to a hostile feeling almost, running counter to
these outward and mere surface demonstrations
of en- thusiasm. The people 60 as far even as to
assert that if the President knew as much now
as he will after his visit, he would have decided
to give indianapolis a wide berth. Instead of
harmonizing his party, they say, his visit will
only result in opening old cores and creating
new jealousies. The party leaders in the State,
it is we'll known, did not want the President to
come here. and they only concluded to take
hand in the reception ceremonies after they
found out that the Republicans were preparing
to give him welcome on their own account.
The latter had too much respect for the office ME-
Cleveland represents and the good name OF the
city to allow the visit to become q larneutable
and ridiculous failure. Tho success of to-mor-
rows festivities if it be. will be entirely
due to their efforts.
The position occupied by the widow of the
late Vice president still being discussed with
more Or less intelligence by outsiders and those
whom she counts among her intimates. She
bases her refusal to decorate he- house upon the
ground that the visit of the President aud Mrs.
Cleveland will revive many painful memories of
the past which she would prefer to let slumoer'
and so far will find aught to critlcise in
the conduct of Mr. Hendricks's widow: but still
it is surmsed that there other and weightier
reasons which prompt Mrs Hendricks to act
thus She cannot have forgotten. for instance.
the slight which the President put upon her on
the occasion of her visit to Washington
after her husbands death. She must re-
member that neither her husband nor
her husbands friends we're ever the friends
of Mr. Cleveland or his advisers She cannot
help looking upon the visit of the President as
an opportunity seized in a clumsy manner to set
things right with little trouble to the Presi-
dent and without too much regard to her own
feelings. She must certainly recognize the fact
that one of the principal spirits in this whole
comedy is ex- Senator Mcdonald, her husbands
old enemy, to whom she has never become re-
conciled herself and who is now only acting in
the role of peace maker to serve his own political
needs These and similar motives, it is said,
may underlie Mrs Hendricks's refusal to decor
ate her house. though she may receive the
President and his wife to morrow as II nothing
had ever happened to mar the harmony which
might have been expected to exist between the
head and the tail of the ticket of 1884.
THE FAILURE AS 1T WAS
special to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
After the Indianapolis Republicans. from
motives of pride in their city, took in hand the
reception to President and Mrs Cleveland.
things went very we'll. Between incapacity,
local dissensions and dissatisfaction with the
administration. the Democracy were in fair
way make big fzzle of the whole affair.
Two. thirds of the Democrats were against in
viting Cleveland here at all. There hun
dred sore-heads and mossback Democrats to one
of tho Cleveland stripe. and when the first meet
ing was called TO decide the matter of receiving
entertaining Hr66lG0nL, bn0r6 one,
single. solitary, and otherwise unaccompanied
Democrat present
the enthusiasm over Mr.. Cleveland to-day
was about that plane. The proverblally
curious American people were anxious to see
President, of course, especially the present
strange and anomalous product of American
politics. Especially we're they anxious to
Mrs. Cleveland and she received by far the
greater amount OF attention from the
People took one quick glance at the President
and then turned their eyes upon Mrs. Cleve-
land and kept them there until rudely hustled
along by the guards with the ceaseless Move
along. move along" 1t was plain to that
Mrs Cleveland knew she was the real center of
observation She could not help seeing what
every body else saw, and probably her husband
saw it. too. though nobody can ever tell what he
sees by observing his face.
Ii was not possible for who was here DUR
ing Blaiue's visit to help contrasting this event
with that. This was cold. catch penny. Punch
and-Judy performance com pared with that. The
Cleveland procession came down Washington
street over the same course that Blaioe's process
sion marshaled. in what was oppressive silence
compared with the noisy and wild enthusiasm of
that day.
There were a few scattered yells he rode
along. but in general the silence was depressing.
AS he passed the corner where the Bates and Oc-
cidental Hotels face each other disgonally, which
was the main center of observation. there was
hardly voice raised. until some one in sheer
sympathy sent out a sound of hand-clapping and
cheering. which quickly died out the process
sion passed on up the street
THE PRESS AND THE PRESIDENT.
"Pickaway." in his special report to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer of the reception in this city,
says: at is evident that the press gang are to
follow the presidential party like painted and
untutored savages of civilization, to kill, scalp
and tomahawk tie wounded. This is the first
time since the that q President or q
presidential candidate ever travelled OF an ex-
elusive train from which ever the representa-
tives of the press were concluded In 1872
Horace Greeley, an editor and candidate.
set an example that has always been followed
since on similar occasions, OF providing special
Accommodations for the press. A devoted to
their exclusive attached to the train
which bore Greeley his celebrated journey.
In the campaign of 1854 both Blaine and Logan
took most excellent of the press gang Or
course the exclusive arrangements OF a Demo-